Tyranny



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 暴政, 专制;暴行
• ［英］ n. 暴政, 专制 ( the use of power cruelly and unjustly) ; 暴行 ( a cruel or unjust act)
• ［同］ 派生词: tyrannical ( adj. 暴虐的, 残暴的despotic)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -nies)

• Etymology: Middle English tyrannie, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, from Latin tyrannus tyrant
• Date: 14th century
• 1. oppressive power <every form of tyranny over the mind of man — Thomas Jefferson>; especially oppressive power exerted by government <the tyranny of a police state>
• 2.
  • a. a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler; especially one characteristic of an ancient Greek city-state
  • b. the office, authority, and administration of a tyrant
• 3. a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force <living under the tyranny of the clock — Dixon Wecter>
• 4. a tyrannical act <workers who had suffered tyrannies>

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